U.14
job throughout the season putting up lists for matches, chasing up swimmers at short notice, and generally encouraging the teams. She set a fine example and I look forward to working with her again next year. Overall, St. Peter's won all but two of their swimming matches. The seniors won five, drew one, and lost only three. This is a great improvement, given that last year they won only one match. The U. 15's were our strength in the pool, winning all of their ten matches convincingly; a tremendous achievement. I sincerely hope that they will continue with their swimming next year, and add strength to our senior team. The U. 14's won six and lost five matches. With only a few exceptions, their commitment to matches and training was questionable. Many of them found the commitment required to senior School teams rather too demanding. However, they should be encouraged by their match results and will hopefully find a little more enthusiasm for swimming next year.
The U.14 XI made a poor start to the season. They were matched against strong opposition very early on when skills were very rusty and the team hadn't had a chance to knit together again. This, combined with an air of complacency hanging over the team meant for disaster. They had not anticipated the drastic change in senior hockey and naturally they lost the first three games. By mid-October the girls began to find their feet, and the opposition's goal too!! Wins against Bootham and Ackworth restored a little confidence back into the side. Preeti Bhat and Vicky Hales combined well on the right demonstrating some good stickwork and exploited weak defending very well at times. Zoe Wight, too, made tremendous improvement as the season progressed. As centre-forward she began to read the game better and sent some blistering first time shots into the back of the goal. After changing from man-to-man to zone marking, the defence were far more successful. Gemma Croft and Rebecca Fisher were both bravely beaten in a one-to-one situation and both, too, used their powerful hits to clear with great effect. This brings me to my final comment on the U. 14 team. They were a pleasure to work with and I hope they continue to enjoy their hockey.
The following girls represented the teams: Senior: L. Hoggard (captain), J. Toms, C. Humphries, F. Russell, J. Swallow, A. Zimmermann, J. Ray, E. Sherbourne. U.15: S. Heald, F. Alexander, A. Newby, M. Hart, C. Magee, L. Hudson, H. Williamson. U.14: G. Croft, K. Hoggard, Z. Wight, L. Richardson, J. Taylor.
The following girls represented the U.14 XI: K. De Boer, R. Metcalfe, A. Long, A. Calvert (captain), R. Fisher, G. Croft, P. Bhat, V. Hales, Z. Wight, W. Hoggard, C. Scott, L. Richardson, R. Turl.
Results: Results: v Mount St. Mary's v Queen Margaret's v Pocklington v Bootham v Giggleswick v Ackworth v Wimbledon High v York College v Ashville v Hymers v Scarborough College
Home Away Away Home Home Away Home Home Home Home Away
Lost Lost Lost Won Drew Won Won Won Won Won Won
Autumn Term v Ashville
1—2 0-3 0—3 2—0 1—1 5-1 4—1 3-0 5-0 1-0 3-2 Y. Gibb
Senior U.15 U.14 Overall
Won Won Lost Won
4 5 - 31 4 1 - 37 3 3 - 43 119— 111
v. Pocklington
Senior U.15 U.14 Overall
Won Won Lost Won
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v The Mount
U.15 U.14 Overall
Won Won Won
v Queen Margaret's
Senior Lost 35— 41 U.15 Won 4 3 - 33 U.14 Lost 3 1 - 45 + U.13 & U.12 scores Overall Won 190—189
SWIMMING Swimming matches took place in the Autumn and Spring Terms. The levels of commitment and enthusiasm to swimming and training was again varied, but certainly there was an improvement over previous years. Swimming training unfortunately coincided with hockey practice, which involved many of the same girls. The junior girls particularly were already showing signs of fatigue when they arrived for their training session. However, once again we had a very successful swimming season, and my grateful thanks go to Lynsay Hoggard, our swimming captain, who did a tremendous
Queen Ethelburga's
Senior U.15 U.14 Overall
Won Won Won
Bootham York College
70
28 29 42 99
4 0 - 28 3 9 - 29 7 9 - 57
Cancelled 4 7 - 29 5 0 - 26 9 8 - 55 Cancelled
Senior U.15 U.14 Overall
Won Won Won Won
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34 25 24 83
